title: Cannabis use and delinquent behaviors in high-school students.
abstract: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relative contributions of cannabis use, alcohol use, psychopathic and borderline personality traits, and depressive symptoms in the prediction of delinquent behaviors. Participants were 312 high-school students who completed self-report questionnaires. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted to investigate the contribution of cannabis use and potential confounding variables to delinquent behaviors in the total sample and in cannabis users. Cannabis use was no more a significant independent predictor of delinquent behaviors after adjustment for alcohol use and psychopathological variables. However, among users, frequency of use remained a significant predictor of delinquency after adjustment for those confounders.
authors.affiliation: Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, France. chabrol@univ-tlse2.fr
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chabrol
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saint-Martin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult